Carroll has started West Ham's past two league fixtures and Bilic's men sit 17th in the table ahead of hosting Tottenham on Saturday.

Bilic believes added competition for places – including the arrival of Javier Hernandez – should help Carroll.

"I don't think he was getting injured because he was sloppy and lazy and he thought, 'I have no competition, I will play anyway.' He is not one that slows down because he feels he is the king," Bilic said.

"He's got competition now. He had competition last year on paper but Diafra Sakho was injured.

"Now we have Chicharito because we didn't want to stay just on Andy, knowing what happened in the last couple of seasons. It is good to have competition."